About

Bex Wade (they/them) is a trans non binary photographer based in the UK. For almost two decades, their work has captured expressions of otherness and outrage, communion and community, seeking to document queer lives in all their power and complexity.

Bex began their career as a self-taught photographer documenting the clubs and parties of the LGBTQIA+ scenes in the UK and New York. Recording these spaces both as a way to capture their community but also as a means of archiving a queer form of gathering and expression, Bex soon moved from the club into the street, documenting protest and Pride worldwide.

In recent years, Bex has gravitated towards overlooked queer stories, refocusing on those minoritised within the LGBTQIA+ community. With a special focus on trans protest and resistance, Bex’s work continues to document the frontlines of queer public life, where visibility, safety and solidarity are constantly contested.

Bex Wade’s work seeks to make explicit the ways in which LGBTQIA+ people are rewriting narratives of a presumed cis-heteronormativity and resisting threats to queer communion. Their body of work forms a portrait of queer joy and power, rage and multiplicity, hope, kinship and belonging.

In documenting queer histories from inside their community, they create space for queer futures that are radical, galvanising and multifaceted.

Bex’s work has featured in diverse media publications including ArtReview, British Vogue, VICE, BBC, The Observer, The New York Times and Dazed; in storytelling projects for organisations such as Minority Rights Group International, Human Dignity Trust, and the UN; and they have worked with major global brands alongside UK-wide billboard campaigns. Their work has also appeared in galleries and museums including SLQS Gallery, GIANT Gallery, Museum of Youth Culture, and VOMA.

Most recently, multiple works by Bex were acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum for their photography collections. One of these is now on permanent display in the Young V&A, making Bex the first trans artist to be permanently displayed across the V&A museums.

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Clients and published work include:

BBC             The Independent      
British Vogue It’s Nice That The Economist                                   The September Issues
BuzzFeed News                                        Modern Drummer
Creative Review                                       The New York Times
Dazed and Confused                                The Observer Newspaper
DIVA Magazine                                          Tom Tom Magazine
The Drummers Journal                             openDemocracy
Getty                                 Vice Magazine
i-D Magazine                                             Huck Magazine